"stiff" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stiff adjetivo

stiff + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 122
stiff competition • stiff resistance • stiff penalty • stiff neck • stiff opposition • stiff lip • stiff breeze • stiff drink • stiff wind • ...
verbo + stiff
Kolokacji: 13
feel stiff • go stiff • stand stiff • grow stiff • look stiff • ...
(2) go, grow, freeze, become
Kolokacji: 4
(3) stand, sit, lay
Kolokacji: 3
1. stand stiff = stać sztywny stand stiff
2. sit stiff = siadać sztywny sit stiff
  • She sat stiff and straight on the edge of the cushion, ready for flight.
  • And still, she sat stiff beneath his touch, frightened by what was yet to come.
  • She sat straight and stiff, as if all her muscles were drawn tight against pain.
  • She sat very still and stiff, her head high, her voice cool.
  • Cash sat stiff as though he had turned to some insensate metal.
  • She returned to find him sitting stiff and straight on the sofa.
  • For none of us had stirred; we all sat stiff with wonder.
  • She sat stiff and straight, remembering the man who had stood that morning on the bluff top with her.
  • Glynis was sitting stiff and straight on the edge of her bed.
  • Nancy had straightened up with a gasp and then sat stiff.
3. lay stiff = kłaść sztywny lay stiff
adverbio + stiff
Kolokacji: 13
pretty stiff • somewhat stiff • slightly stiff • fairly stiff • increasingly stiff • ...
stiff + preposición
Kolokacji: 6
stiff with • stiff in • stiff from • stiff for • stiff on • ...

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